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Walhalla, South Carolina - 16 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Oconee 01 #38 of 73 districts in South Carolina (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,875 per pupil, Oconee 01 ranks #33 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
10,217
Total Enrollment
16
Schools
$13,875
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Oconee 01 operates 16 public schools serving 10,217 students, placing it among the smaller districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 combined, 3 high, 3 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Oconee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,875 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending. See how South Carolina compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.4% local, 39.2% state, and 18.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 50/100, ranked #38 of 73 in South Carolina against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 16 schools offering Advanced Placement (34 AP courses district-wide), a 374.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.6% White, 13.1% Hispanic or Latino, 8.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Blue Ridge Elementary, with a diversity index of 70.0/100.
Its largest campus is Walhalla High, enrolling 1,118 students (11% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tamassee-Salem Elementary, at 204 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Oconee 01 school enrollment varies 5.5× across entities
Oconee 01 school enrollment ranges from 204 students (lowest) to 1,118 students (highest), a spread of 914 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Oconee 01 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 72.6% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Oconee 01 student-counselor ratio is 375:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Oconee 01 chronic absenteeism rate is 21.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Oconee 01 is typically wider than the Oconee 01-aggregate figure suggests.